Wilco (The Album) Is Wilco's New Album Title
Rolling Stone reports that Wilco's seventh album will be titled Wilco (The Album). If you recall, we posted "Wilco (The Song)" when they stopped by Colbert a ways back, so maybe we should've been detectives and guessed the straightforward generic branding. Nah, as RS reports, they break concept on the rest of the tracklist:
"One Wing" and "Sunny Feeling" are breezy, pop-friendly tunes; "Deeper Down" is a mellow ballad spiked with atmospherics and chamber strings; the nearly-six-minute jam "Bull Black Nova" starts with rollicking drums, stacatto keys and guitars before exploding into a killer solo from guitarist Nels Cline. Think of the it as a sonic follow-up to the kraut-rockin' "Spiders (Kidsmoke)." "That one's a really intense, powerful song," says Kotche of "Nova." "It's got a static groove that's really insistent. There's a lot of great guitar moments on that song."
One thing RS doesn't note is that "You And I" will ostensibly feature Feist. While you try imagining what all of this will sound like, why not take another look at "Wilco (The Song)," so you can sing along at Bonnaroo?
As previously menioned, Wilco (The Album) will be out via Nonesuch in June.
Posted at 6:00 PM by brandon in Video
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Very clever...
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another big 'fuck you, suck me' from jeff tweedy. gotta love it..
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It's true, Wilco will LOVE you. And Colbert too!
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Can't decide whether this is funny or lazy...
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Do you wonder this about all self titled albums?
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Yeah, I mean Weezer did it not once, not twice but thrice!
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Weezer has yet to have the name/album/song-title self-name trifecta. But they can fix that two albums from now, when they deliver their Yellow album (it's gonna happen!)
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I am looking forward to this very much. Good to see some more rocking songs instead of the post-rehab dad-rock
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good god yes
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I hate when stupid people neatly arrange their drops here-- Im staring at you AARON. : )
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shit that song is really fucking good, cant wait!
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I am now convinced, Stephen Colbert is God in human form.
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Wait so One Wing will not have that sweet jam out at the end that the Lolla performance had? That was the best part of that song.
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i hope it's filled with lots of nels cline guitar doodles!!!!!!!
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I have nothing witty to say about this.
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this will be epic. i just noticed that they are touring this summer. awesome!
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If they drop a third straight self-indulgent turd on their fans they should re-title themselves Ryan Adams (The Band).
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Rock is dead. Hell...music is dead. No one can think of anything that wasn't already done 1000 times yesterday. As good as this song is, it would've sounded completely at home on The White Album 39 years ago!
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You say it like its a bad thing.
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Anyone else excited that the indulgent jam on this album is only six minutes?
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Wilco > Grizzly Bear
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Win.
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I dig it...sound like something off of Summerteeth.
Summerteeth >> Sky Blue Sky
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Seriously, Jeff?? (The Comment)
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leak?
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Wilco = post-rehab dad-rock - good line Aaron! You too Late Greats! Ryan Adams - ha ha. Another guy who I used to like who keeps putting out boring music(more post-rehab dad-rock) . Wilco have bored me since their second album. I liked them better when they were actually fun like on their first album. Wilco concert = sausage fest.
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Sausage fest indeed. Saw the band a few years back in San Diego and I had the displeasure of being surrounded by why "Summerteeth" is superior to "Sky Blue Sky" (no one was a clear winner) and guys playing "name-the-obscure-brand-of-amplifier-Nels-and-Jeff-might-use-tonight"
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Tim Schroeder makes fucking awesome amplifiers. Relax.
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I don't even remotely like you. And neither does Wilco, despite the lyrics to this song.
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"post-rehab dad rock", eh?
all my dad listened to when he got out of rehab was "ballad of the green berets" before walking into a mall with a gun and... oh, wait.
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I can't find the words to tell you how wrong you are about Wilco shows. Those who have been to them probably understand how I feel as well.
Wilco live is flat out mind-blowing.
please, never post again.
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my comment: Ron Jenkins (The Comment). too clever or good-clean fun?
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i mean can't say im' excited about the album title....its pretty damn stupid.
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"jbean (pretty damn stupid)" now there's an album I'm excited about. If only for the fact that normally,titles to albums I haven't even heard excite me so little that I just have to comment about it.
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From what I’ve seen of live performances, it seems Jeff may think his position in the rock world a little precious. There's been a whiff of entitlement about the band for a while, and this pretentious/lame/awkward title compounds that concern. Nevertheless, I hope Wilco….(the album) is as good as YHF or GiB. *fingers crossed**breath held*
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Maybe so, but he knows it. I was at a solo show once and he couldn't decide whether he wanted us to be really quiet or for us to chat and then realizing that he was being an ass said "I know I've kinda got this reputation for being a whiny bitch on stage... but I kinda like you to talk some more..." So, I think Tweedy (like Malkmus and some other 90's ear pioneers), realize they are 'precious' and how stupid that is, but also realize that if you are to be a rock star you can't be a self-effacing peon all the time.
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Something to go with The Wilco Book and The Wilco Toys.
Sounds much more promising than Sky Blue Sky though I fear the Feist collaboration. As long as Nels gets to shred than I'll be happy (considering Wilco will never be the Wilco that I grew up loving--though the new tour may make me think twice about saying as much).
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I must be the only person who honestly loves Sky Blue Sky. Wilco always comes through.
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There has not been an album yet of Wilco's that has disappointed me. Maybe a few tracks here and there but usually over all I am smitten.
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I truly like Sky Blue Sky. It may not be as "good" of an album as YHF or GiB, but I consistently go for it over those other two.
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I have tried really hard to like this band abd listened to there most recommended and acclaimed albums and tracks. I can honestly say that after trying, I think they are incredible borning and maybe one of the most overrated bands of all time. Can someone give me a general explanation of what moves you about this band? I have really tried, and can not see much in these guys at all.
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see them live.
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if you can't/don't appreciate YHF, I think there is no hope for you...
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It ain't just you. It is one of the few albums that, after listening to the whole thing, I want to listen to again. It sounds like a band playing together, which nowadays can seem like a kooky idea. TJ Doherty did an amazing job of capturing it, too.... I dunno, it is just something special.
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It really depends on where you are coming from musically. For me, YHF was the album that marked my transition from casual radio listener to rabid searcher of new sounds. Almost every musical gesture on that album was new to me: the use of drums in "..BreakyourHeart," the noise throughout, Tweedy's vocals, the range of melodies and emotional events. I was accustomed to listening to 90's mainstream rock. I can imagine that if I'd grown up listening to Pavement or the Pixies or Pink Floyd, or otherwise searching for good music, then I might not have loved Wilco. But they were completely new to me, and so I was grateful for YHF.
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haha what obscure amps they are going to play...
up until about the last year and half nels had been playing a marshall halfstack
and jeff plays vox
pretty obscure you idiot
just shows how senseless morons will go out of their way to bash anything
quick question though, what kind of title is 'nouns'?
oooooo; people places and things those guys are really clever
....someone got it right just another f u blow me from tweedy
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Mermaid Ave was good. Being There was great. Sumemrteeth was very good. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was Great. A Ghost Is Born is one of my favs...
Sky Blue Sky... eh.
Now this? Jesus Christ... I'd love to deny it, but Tweedy is about three seconds from fucking himself passionately, What is this shit? Wilco (the song) and Wilco (the album)? I think its more like Wilco (true hollywood fucking story) at this point.
Guess I'm down to two rock acts now... The National and Radiohead, and Radiohead isn't even rock anymore anyway (and they're still the shit doing what they do). We'll be able to bury rock when the last of the surviving Beatles dies.
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"...and that was Bad Company, with their song 'Bad Company', off the album 'Bad Company'". Welcome to the inner circle, Tweed-man
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First of all, SBS is an awesome record, period. The only people who don't like it are the people who jerk-off to all 15 minutes of "Less Than You Think" off AGiB.
Secondly, what's with the heat for the album/song title? The song is damn catchy, and the the record has the potential to be awesome. If you look hard enough you can find live performances of a handful of the new songs and they all sound great. So what if it's a little indulgent? Are you telling me Wilco/Jeff haven't earned the right to be indulgent? The guy is a fucking genius, end of discussion.
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...and when you're done sucking his dick.
Genius is a big word buddy... a word used for guys like Dylan, Lennon, Young, Byrne, Yorke, and a few others. Tweedy is a great songwriter, but he lost a lot of his edge when he stopped experimenting with his sound and reverted back to folk-rock with SBS (not to say the album is all that bad, just not as great as AGiB). His lyrics are suffering too... and this new song is a perfect example of that.
BTW, I may jerk off to the entirety of "Less Than You Think", but your mother waits there patiently until I'm done... and she doesn't even like Wilco.
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I'm not sure Yorke, if you're referring to Thom, really belongs in the same category as Dylan or Young... And I think Tweedy probably does moreso than Thom Yorke. Radiohead can be alot more boring than any Wilco I've heard. Just because they're boring and loud and whiny sometimes instead of boring and soft and dad-rocky (whatever that means) doesn't make them any less boring.
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also, everything you said was negated by the puerile "masterbation/mom jokes".
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Wilco makes my heart sing. :] I can't wait for this.
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In an era of such self-possessed, self-absorbed and self-conscious media-facilitated wankery posing as new music, not to mention the rampant, rabid, hate-filled corporate and commercial shafting of livelihoods everywhere, I for one am quietly pleased (and fervently thankful!!) there will be another new Wilco LP - coming out in June! just as there will be other defiant examples of genuine creativity and love of music amidst such treacherous fear-soaked times. Shit - that's great in fact!! Don't freak out too much on Tweedy - he's freaked out enough as it is. He's a bandsman turned front man. Little wonder he's jumpin at ... blah blah blah. That's quite enough from me. I'm off somewhere to work a little harder and longer in order to finance another banker's performance bonus. Yes!!
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that's two for the price one! shit - no buyers..
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These guys get lazier and lazier; SBS sounds like Crazy Horse covering Abbey Road and Darkside of the Moon
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Sausage fests and mom fucking jokes?
I think some folks got lost on their way to the Tucker Max message board...
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A lot on the line for Mr. Tweedy as he is yet to make post jay bennett album that is better than any album that has jay bennett on it. (Summerteeth, YHF, Being there > Ghost is born, Sky Blue Sky)
Where are the leaks?!!!!
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The trinity is complete: band, song, album
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Seeing how most people didn't really give two shits about Wilco before Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and still haven't heard any of their previous material, it's unsurprising, though still disappointing, that many did not take a liking to Sky Blue Sky. To be frank, I think it's the band's finest album to date. It's warm and honest and who cares if it lacks experimentalism? Sky Blue Sky concerns itself with relationships more than any other Wilco effort. It's about self-exploration, redemption and reconciliation. It's a love album, in other words. And since when is love supposed to be experimental? It should be pure and straightforward, and Sky Blue Sky is an accurate reflection of that ideology. Hopefully the album will be rediscovered for the classic it is once people learn to get over themselves and their unfair expectations. Wilco (The Album) has a LOT to live up to.
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Wilco (the album) is nothing. Wait till you hear it, then you can consider it. It's not shit, it's not gold. Chill out folks.
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Pretty stiff opinions here! I like Wilco's album but then again I am from the Windy City so I'm biased. It's not always so bad putting old wine into new jars.
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First lame album from Wilco, big suck!
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My first time seeing them lastnight @wiltern,i'm very impress. They are one of my favorite. Music so honest,soothing and you can actually hear the words... You guys Rock!
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